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bbq - is it just me?

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Fireflies Mon 19-Jun-17 13:10:43

we decided to take full advantage of the weekend just gone and went out for lovely walks with the dogs, had a lazy afternoon in the garden with my sister and her family on saturday, all very nice and relaxing in this hot weather...then comes the dreaded suggestion. Shall we have a bbq?

I ended up running around like a madwoman all day yesterday making salads, potatoes, stuff for my vegetarian niece, re-filling drinks, nipping to Sainsbury's for cream for the strawberries and countless other things besides. Then, when i finally got to sit down to eat, they all praise my partner for standing in front of a flipping bbq and burning sausages for an hour!!! I think they could see how much praise I was about to give by my red face!

Parsleywin Tue 20-Jun-17 22:49:20

I'm with all the other veggies who hate the stench of scorching meat. I also get queasy from the fumes of the fuel used, and am tired of having to close the windows and race down the garden to snatch in my washing to save it from the unsubtle aroma of "Eau de BBQ"!
I do think cooking outdoors in an urban environment is antisocial. Bah humbug!

Jalima1108 Tue 20-Jun-17 23:24:22

HELP!

I don't know; DD has one but we haven't had a pizza made in it yet and some of her friends have outdoor ovens.

Re the dough - just chuck the ingredients in and take it out after the first rise I suppose. The Italian friends of DD were flinging it around a lot with some olive oil as far as I remember in the kitchen, putting on the toppings then their DHs did the clever bit of baking them and got all the applause.

I don't know if they are wood burners or what, I just watched and drank wine grin

Jalima1108 Tue 20-Jun-17 23:27:06

Only A$2,099 available from Bunnings who have taken over Homebase - a snip!

merlotgran Wed 21-Jun-17 09:28:38

How much??????? grin

annsixty Wed 21-Jun-17 09:36:43

While appreciating what some of you are saying about the smell and smoke , how many bbq days do we get in England? Just live and let live a little. So far this year I haven't been aware of one around me.

Jalima1108 Wed 21-Jun-17 10:06:37

Swift change of mind merlotgran? grin
There are cheaper ones! But you do get what you pay for as DM always used to say.

TillyWhiz Wed 21-Jun-17 10:13:14

I hate them. I've had food poisoning 3 times, due to men doing the cooking with one hand and probably scratching their backside with the other.

Retiredguy Wed 21-Jun-17 11:16:00

We've moved on from cooking over a fire outdoors. Kitchens are for cooking in. No BBQs for us.

merlotgran Wed 21-Jun-17 11:25:01

Ha Ha Jalima, We have a lot of bricks left over from a building project so I have just suggested to DH that he might like to build a dome shaped pizza oven.

Didn't quite catch his reply but I think the second word was OFF!

Jalima1108 Wed 21-Jun-17 14:40:10

I was probably 'Righty Ho, I'm Off' and is busy building it right now grin

Jalima1108 Wed 21-Jun-17 14:40:42

It was probably .....

Not I was - I certainly wasn't building in this heat wink

Iam64 Wed 21-Jun-17 18:02:45

I need to report a close shave on the BBQ front. Youngest, her partner and their 17 month old called about four pm. Why don't we BBQ they said merrily, we missed lunch so shall we start now. I said a word I rarely use where my children are concerned - no. Luckily I'd put a posh pizza in the freezer in case of just this emergency. So, quick salad, pizza, strawberries and ice cream and off they went, happily.
I'm going to sit down now with a glass of wine and sigh of relief,

Elrel Wed 21-Jun-17 18:28:05

Iam64 - Result!